by Karl Widerquist | Feb 4, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: In this 13-page report, Ottawa-based social policy analyst, basic income expert and The BIG Push campaign executive team member Chandra Pasma summarizes a number of basic income and basic income-like programs and pilots in Canada, the United States and overseas. The report provides evidence of basic income’s promise as a transformational public policy whose time has come. Click on the link at right to access the report in PDF format.
Chandra Pasma, “Basic Income Programs and Pilots,” the BIG Push Campaign, February 3, 2014.
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 4, 2014 | Research
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY: There’s no way toward a sustainable future without tackling environmentalism’s old stumbling blocks: consumption and jobs. And the way to do that is through a universal basic income.
Alyssa Battistoni is an editor at Jacobin. Her work has appeared in Salon and Mother Jones, among other venues.
Alyssa Battistoni, “Alive in the Sunshine,” The Jacobin: a magazine of culture and polemic, Issue 13, undated, 2014.
Illustration by Edward Carvalho-Monaghan -the Jacobin
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 4, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: Frances Coppola explores how increasing automation is fundamentally shifting the nature of work away from ‘making stuff’ towards personal services.
Frances Coppola, “The Changing Nature of Work”, Pieria, May 13, 2013
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 4, 2014 | News
SUMMARY: In an interview with Politicized Radio, Karl Widerquist, philosopher and editor of Basic Income News, introduces us to the concept of a universal basic income, an unconditionally guaranteed payment for everyone. He explains how such a simple program has the potential to eradicate poverty by guaranteeing economic security and giving people more freedom and control in their lives. A guaranteed income has been proven to reduce inequality and free people from exploitation in work, housing and relationships. Without the fear of being hungry and homeless, we can choose the type of work we enjoy, spend less time working, focus on community and personal projects, and take time off for the many valid reasons for not doing paid work. That all makes for a healthier society. Politicized radio asks, “Let me know what you think about this interview. Do you have questions or other perspectives on basic income? Email feedback@politicized.org or post a comment [on their website].”
Politicized Radio: “Episode 16: Guaranteed Basic Income with Karl Widerquist,” Politicized Radio, January 30, 2014.
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 3, 2014 | Research
Tim Harford, “The robots are coming and will terminate your jobs”, The Undercover Economist, December 31, 2013
